Bug #89171 IRC program suggestion needs updating
Submitted: 10 Jan 2018 15:10 Modified: 16 Jan 2018 18:09
Reporter: Daniël van Eeden (OCA) Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Documentation Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.7 OS:Any
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[10 Jan 2018 15:10] Daniël van Eeden 
Description:
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/irc.html

"""If you are looking for IRC client software to connect to an IRC network, take a look at xChat (http://www.xchat.org/). X-Chat (GPL licensed) is available for Unix as well as for Windows platforms (a free Windows build of X-Chat is available at http://www.silverex.org/download/). """

X-Chat has not been updated for years and is not part of Fedora anymore.

How to repeat:
Click links in docs.

Suggested fix:

Using Pidgin ( http://pidgin.im/ ) seems a better alternative for all platforms.
[10 Jan 2018 16:03] MySQL Verification Team 
Thank you for the bug report.
[14 Jan 2018 21:55] Stefan Hinz 
Posted by developer:
 
I think we should not recommend third-party software, because it might not last forever.
[16 Jan 2018 18:09] Paul DuBois 
Posted by developer:
 
Thanks for noticing. We'll just remove the suggestion about third-party software since other recommendations could go out of date, too.